Box Score

Cornell COR 20-10-2, 15-7-1

Harvard HAR 24-6-2, 19-4-0

Cornell COR

20-10-2, 15-7-1

Final

Mar. 17, 2023

Harvard HAR

24-6-2, 19-4-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	OT 1	F
Cornell COR	0	0	0	0	0
Harvard HAR	0	0	0	1	1

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey | 3/18/2023 12:14:00 AM

Laferriere's Dramatic OT Game-Winner Sends No. 6/6 Men's Ice Hockey Past No. 10/11 Cornell, 1-0, in ECACH Semifinal

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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Junior forward Alex Laferriere scored the game-winning goal at 4:28 of overtime to lift No. 6/6 Harvard men's ice hockey (24-6-2) to a 1-0 win over Cornell (20-10-2) on Friday night (March 17) at Herb Brooks Arena.

Harvard advances to the ECAC Hockey Championship game for the second year in a row, where it will face Colgate for a chance to win its second straight Whitelaw Cup.

On the game-winning goal, first-year forward Joe Miller took a pass from Laferriere, skated down the left wing and fired a pass to an open Baker Shore in the slot. Shore fed cross-ice to Laferriere, who found the open net to send the Harvard bench spilling onto the ice.

HOW IT HAPPENED

In a scoreless first period, Harvard had a 5-2 edge in shots on goal. Just over three minutes into the opening frame, sophomore defenseman Ian Moore fired a long shot that classmate Zakary Karpa redirected on net.

Shane made the initial stop, and Karpa just missed the puck on his diving swipe for the rebound – Harvard's best chance of the frame.

Early in the second period, at 1:24, senior goaltender Mitchell Gibson (15 saves) came up with a great glove stop on a net drive by Jack O'Leary to keep the game scoreless.

Harvard had the game's first power play at 4:50 of the second on an after-the-whistle charging call on the Big Red but failed to capitalize.

Later on in the period, Gibson came up with another big stop, kicking out his left pad on a Travis Mitchell shot from the left wing at 12:50.

Laferriere intercepted a pass at center ice midway through the third period and cut in on a 2-on-2 rush, getting a shot off through a Cornell defenseman that Cornell goaltender Ian Shane (24 saves) kicked away.

Harvard forced a turnover in the Cornell zone with under 10 minutes to play in the third period, with Farrell finding Karpa for a quick wrist shot from the left circle that Shane shouldered away with 8:20 to go.

The Crimson killed off a late third period penalty to Baker Shore assessed for high sticking at 14:18 of the third period, sending the game to OT.

GAME NOTES

Harvard returns to the ECAC Hockey title game for the fifth time in the last seven completed seasons. The Crimson will be searching for its 12^th league title. Harvard is 11-11 all-time in ECAC Hockey championship games.
Harvard moved to 9-0-1 in its last 10 games, its longest unbeaten run since the 2016-17 season.
Gibson (15 saves) improved to 9-1-0 in ECAC Hockey playoff contests and earned his third shutout of the season.
Laferriere scored his second OT-game winning goal of the year (at Princeton, vs. Cornell), and now has a team-leading 21 goals on the season.
Harvard improved to 7-1-2 in games decided in overtime this season.
Harvard defeated Cornell three times in one season for the first time since 2016-17, and is now 4-0-2 in its last six games against the Big Red.
Harvard earned its first win over a team ranked in the top-10 this season (first since March 19, 2022 vs. No. 6/6 Quinnipiac in ECAC Hockey title game).